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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Dominica	Laos	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	5,286	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	5,397	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	5,499	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	5,578	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	5,654	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	5,746	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	5,836	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	5,931	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	6,035	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	6,145	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	6,257	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	6,368	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	6,477	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	6,586	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	6,695	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	6,804	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	6,912	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	7,019	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	7,127	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	7,234	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	7,343	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	7,452	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	7,560	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	7,666	37,101

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Barbados, Dominica, Laos, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.